With the waiting list for dental surgery in Montreal’s pediatric hospitals being nearly a year long, dentists are saying it’s time for Montreal to add fluoride to drinking water. Dr. Jaime Greenspoon said she has seen a steady increase in children with such severe dental problems that they require general anesthestic to be treated. “Definitely […]
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Project Montréal proposes that the City of Montreal become a Blue Community
The following is a Google translation from French to English. The original article, in French, is below. Montréal must be a leader in protecting and promoting drinking water, according to Projet Montréal. “We are fortunate to have high quality drinking water, but we tend to take it for granted. It is time to act to […]
Trois-Rivières: The City Does An About-Face On Fluoridation
Mayor Yves Lévesque will announce on Monday evening, at the regular council meeting, that the city is abandoning the idea of fluoridating its drinking water. According to two learned sources familiar with the matter, the mayor will announce it tonight, even if the item does not appear on the agenda. Some elements remain to be […]
Le maire de Trois-Rivières abandonne le projet de fluoration de l’eau potable
La Ville de Trois-Rivières abandonne le projet de fluoration de son eau potable. Le maire Yves Lévesque en a fait l’annonce lundi. La décision de la municipalité de fluorer l’eau potable avait déclenché toute une controverse. Yves Lévesque estime que le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, ainsi que les responsables de la […]
Fluoridation of drinking water: the debate continues in Ontario
(Note: this is an English translation of Fluoration de l’eau potable: le débat se poursuit en Ontario) Ontario is the province with the largest number of drinking water plants where fluoride is added. Three in four Ontarians have access to fluoridated water. But that does not stop the debate remains in the province. Windsor, in […]
Order of Dentists urges fluoridation
The Quebec Order of Dentists is blasting the provincial government for not advancing the cause of fluoridation of drinking water. Just five communities in Quebec add the compound to their municipal water supplies. In an editiorial in the Order’s publication, president Dr. Barry Dolman says Quebecers are being swayed by non-credible groups which spread unfounded […]
La Prairie ends fluoridation
Last evening, the city council of La Prairie, a suburb on the South Shore of Montreal, (population of 20 000) passed a resolution to stop fluoridation. It was a unanimous vote of the council. Mrs Andrée Gendron et Mr Alain Branchaud with the help of the Coalition Eau Secours have been working on the issue over […]
76% of Richmond, Quebec, voters reject fluoridation
French English Les citoyens de Richmond votent pour l’arrêt de la fluoration C’est dimanche qu’avait lieu la consultation publique sur la fluoration de l’eau potable à Richmond. C’est historique puisque c’est la première consultation publique ou référendum par laquelle la population est appelée à se prononcer et rejette la fluoration. Le résultat de cette consultation […]
Fluoride opposition a minority opinion, say health professionals
Dr. Melissa Généreux, director of Santé Public Estrie, the Eastern Townships public health division, is hoping that voter turnout is high for the upcoming public consultation on water fluoridation in Richmond. According to Généreux as many as 60 per cent of adults in the Eastern Townships are in favour of water fluoridation, based on a […]
Ste-Anne and Senneville lose fluoridated water
Montreal has announced that fluoridated potable water will no longer be supplied to Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue and Senneville. Montreal officials announced tap water being supplied to Ste-Anne and Senneville will now come via the water filtration plant in Pierrefonds, which recently underwent a $90-million upgrade and expansion. Montreal, which manages four of the six treatment plants on […]